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it, but every once in awhile she would come back to the 

 words, " But the farm was mine." That was her watch- 

 word, you could see that through that she had a power 

 and control of matters which she could have in no other 

 way. 



I want to say to you that the farmer's wife, among 

 all women on this earth, does the most to help earn the 

 money on the farm ; and yet when she is through she 

 doesn't own a penny of it. Now, my brothers, you all 

 know this is true. I knew a woman who was one 

 of the hardest working women I ever saw, who came to 

 my mother and borrowed a little money because she 

 could not get any from her husband when she wanted 

 to get up a little entertainment for her newly-married 

 son. You will say, and say very justly, that it was a 

 species of dishonesty. If you only knew how many 

 wives had to be dishonest y.ou would be surprised. 

 You probably don't think how much her pin money 

 means to her and what she will resort to to secure it. 

 You say she has enough to eat and drink and wear, and 

 yet the fact remains that she has nothing unless the 

 husband gives it to her. I have heard wives say again 

 and again, " I have done things that I am ashamed to 

 acknowledge to you, because I hadn't a cent unless I 

 had done them." One of the richest women of Chicago, 

 a millionaire's wife, told a friend of mine that the girl 

 in her kitchen had more money than she. She said, " I 

 can go to Marshall Field's, and I can get the most 

 elegant dress there is there. I can go to any place in 

 the city of Chicago and have my account charged and 

 it will be paid ; but I couldn't give five cents for any 

 benevolent purpose." Now, I know a lady lawyer in 

 Chicago who advises a man when he comes to her to 

 take his property jointly with his wife. I want to tell 



